Earlier quoted context omitted.
Developer here — I think I recognized I had written some hastily written code in the bottom of my repo. Please, feel free to submit a pull request.
I think maybe I should've been more clear. I was referring to Snapchat's horrible security policies in that comment, it was not a criticism of your code.
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#22..edit, found out they hard coded the string as constant in the app, smh.
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#24Technically a misuse of the -ception meme.
At this point though I've heard it used in the other way that it may as well be an alternate definition.
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#26Snapchat's supposed valuation at $10b while they appear to be completely inattentive to the security of their product is hard to reconcile.
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#27Man, I was hoping it was written in C, or at least C++, not Python.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think maybe I should've been more clear. I was referring to Snapchat's horrible security policies in that comment, it was not a criticism of your code.
Don't worry about it. I made a system call using process.call() and thought maybe that's what you were referring to.
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#29Man, I was hoping it was written in C, or at least C++, not Python.
Out of curiosity, how come? Python runs on pretty much any platform you'd want to use and is much easier to develop in than C/C++.
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#30Connecting via a proxy and installing a CA means this is more of a tool for a snooping parent to intercept the snapchats of their kids while they are at home, rather than a scary-looking tool for intercepting the general stream of snaps (as it is made out to be).
Edit: I just realized that this proxy requires the device users to load a CA cert. That makes things a little more difficult but still not impossible. Through creative social/software engineering, you might be able to persuade the users of your rogue access point to load the CA cert "in order to use this free service".